Replacement of a Severe Chronic Post-Traumatic Aneurysm of the Ascending Aorta with Aortic Valve Conduit - Reconstruction of the Anterior Mitral Valve Ring and Implantation of A-V Sequential/Biventricular Pacemaker

Abstract

We present the case of a 23-year-old African professional footballer who was admitted on April 1, 1999 to the Cardiology Department of the University Hospital in Magdeburg, on an emergency basis, from a regional lung clinic. According to the history, he was involved in a collision with an opposing player during a football match in his country (in Africa). He lost consciousness for a short time, but continued playing to the end of the match. About two months later he was invited by a German football club for a check-up, with the view to ultimately playing for the club. The team did not find him physically fit enough to play professional football, so he decided to go to Paris by bus on March 31, 1999. During the journey he suddenly became cardio-pulmonary decompensated and had to undergo cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). He was intubated and placed on a respirator and immediately transferred to a nearby lung clinic. From the lung clinic he was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit of the Cardiology Department of the Magdeburg University Hospital, on April 1, 1999 as an emergency case. He was intensively treated with catecholamines, intravenous ACE inhibitors and diuretics. His clinical condition did not improve appreciably. His chest X-ray showed extreme dilatation of the right and left heart as well as extreme pulmonary congestion.

Key words

Aneurysm of the ascending aorta - chronic cardiac failure - biventricular pacing - aortic valve conduit - aortic valve regurgitation - chronic post-traumatic aneurysm

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